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Battery % stuck, won't work without AC power

I have a 2009 Macbook Pro with a Lizone battery installed that had been working perfectly fine for the last two months until today. Please read the rest of the post before claiming the third party battery is the problem.


So earlier today I was using my laptop when I accidentally unplugged the magsafe and the laptop shut off instantly. I plugged the magsafe in, the LED stayed green, and five of the side battery indicator LEDs lit up so I unplugged the magsafe again and pressed the battery indicator with no result. I replugged the magsafe in and booted her up and the battery was stuck at 59% and not charging. I reset the SMC and PRAM, removed the battery multiple times, and booted with just AC power, all to no avail. Running

ioreg -l | grep -i capacity

gave the result:

| | "MaxCapacity" = 6027

| | "CurrentCapacity" = 3571

| | "LegacyBatteryInfo" = {"Amperage"=0,"Flags"=5,"Capacity"=6027,"Current"=3571,"Voltage"=11607,"Cycle Count"=29}

| | "DesignCapacity" = 6000

Throughout all these various boots (except when it was just AC power) the battery stayed at 59% and the five LEDs lit up. I'll try running the AHT later on to see if maybe that pinpoints the problem. Any help would be much appreciated!


Message was edited by: haroot.jpg

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), null

Posted on Nov 26, 2015 12:08 PM

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Nov 26, 2015 12:52 PM in response to haroot.jpg

If you have not attempted the SMC reset at least once, do that...

Although a third-party battery (by unknown vendor) may be at fault.


• Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support


• Apple Portables: Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters - Apple Support


• About Mac notebook batteries - Apple Support


You may need to consider an inspection by an authorized Apple service

provider or specialist; if you have no official Apple Store with genius, a

standard fee may be involved for troubleshooting this issue.


Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Battery % stuck, won't work without AC power

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